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26 Cards in this Set
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Minx
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n.
a pert, impudent, or flirtatious girl |
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Trite
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adj.
(Archaic) rubbed or worn by use. |
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Austere
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adj.
grave; sober; solemn; serious |
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Immaculate
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adj.
Impeccably clean; spotless |
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Vice
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n.
a bad habit, as in a horse |
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Sonorous
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adj.
rich and full in sound, as language or verse |
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Averse
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adj.
having a strong feeling of opposition, antipathy, repugnance, etc. |
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Dextrous
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adj.
skillful, specially with the hands |
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Consummate
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v.
to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill |
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Sultry
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adj.
oppressively hot and close or moist |
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Comely
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adj.
pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair |
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Cognition
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n.
The mental process of knowing, including aspects such as awareness, perception, reasoning, and judgment |
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Swarthy
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adj.
having a dark complection or color. |
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Grandiloquent
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adj.
speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic |
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Forego
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v.
to go before; precede |
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Nettled
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v.
to irritate, annoy, or provoke |
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Uncouth
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adj.
strange and ungraceful in appearance or form; unusual |
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Waif
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n.
Something found and unclaimed, as an object cast up by the sea; A homeless person, especially a forsaken or orphaned child |
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Exude
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v.
to send out, as sweat; emit through pores or small openings; to ooze out. |
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Opulent
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adj.
richly supplied; abundant or plentiful; wealthy rich or afluent |
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Berth
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n.
a shelflike sleeping space, as on a ship, airplane, or railroad car. |
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Veritable
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adj.
being truly or very much so; Obsolete. true, as a statement or tale. |
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Lemur
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n.
any of various small, arboreal, chiefly nocturnal mammals of the family Lemuridae, of Madagascar and the Comoro Islands, esp. of the genus Lemur, usually having large eyes, a foxlike face, and woolly fur: most lemurs are endangered. |
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Euphemism
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n.
the substitution of a mild, indirect, or vague expression for one thought to be offensive, harsh, or blunt. (E.g. "To pass away" would mean, "To die") |
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Adage
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n.
proverb; a traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation |
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Pellucid
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adj.
clear in meaning; transparent; limpid |
